Singer-songwriter-guitar aces Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton figured there might be a sweet spot somewhere between their sounds.
Singer-songwriter-guitar aces Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton figured there might be a sweet spot somewhere between their sounds. Fish’s blues grooves have always had a heaping helping of roots and garage rock. Dayton’s outlaw country leans nicely into rockabilly and punk.
“I had this idea for a duet project floating around for a while,” Fish told the Herald. “But I didn’t know who the partner in the project would be. (Recently) I saw Jesse play and I said, ‘This guy is fearless. He’d be so into this.’”
So Fish pitched Dayton and they got to work. Or they tried to.
“We met up and we were supposed to have this incredibly productive weekend,” she said. “We were supposed to walk out of the weekend with several songs in hand. We walked out with nothing.”
It took a while for Fish and Dayton to work up to their 2023 debut album, “Death Wish Blues.” After the failed weekend, still determined there could be magic between them, the two knocked out a covers EP — “The Stardust Sessions” featured takes on old blues and alt country standards.
